The swashbuckling meat tycoons who nearly brought down a government

How the strange case of a former president secretly taped by industry executives revealed where power lies in BrazilIn Brazilian financial circles 17 May 2017 is dubbed "Joesley Day". It's the date when the power and influence of Brazil's meat industry was exposed in all its ugly glory and gave the stock market a sucker punch.It was the date that Joesley Batista, at that point one of the controllers of the world's biggest meat-packing company, family-run JBS, went to meet then-President Michel Temer, and secretly recorded him endorsing payments to a notoriously corrupt politician imprisoned for political corruption. Continue reading...